This comes as no surprise, as Doc has been speculating for the last week that J.O. was all-done for the 2011-12 season.

So what now? Well, Twitter is buzzing with the news that the Sacramento Kings have bought-out 23 year-old JJ Hickson's contract. Hickson is not a true "big", but at 6-9 240 pounds, the power forward could certainly help-out in the paint.

So what do the readers think? Should the C's try and sign Hickson for the remainder of the season….?

Wonder if Danny is now regreting not blowing up big 3. Loss of Wilcox and JO kills our tiny chance of winning this year

KY Celts fan

uhh… yeah! even if we don’t use him, we’ll still have his bird rights to resign him in the offseason. which will be nice if Bass decides to leave for mo’ money.

K.G. the great

YES. holy shid danny do something right finally. Sign and have KG tell him to do the dirty work. Plus he’s atheletic enough to hide his lack of size at the center. Him on the team would give Bass and KG some more offensive focus to their game.

http://profile.typepad.com/licktheglassitol Classless

Worst signing of the Ainge era.

Brick James

You are forgetting quite a bit of garbage.

Quest

He’s being bought out for a reason….do we want another team’s baggage at our doorstep.

Quest

What else is available???? D-league????

http://profile.typepad.com/6p01157053529f970b zippittyay

The guy was impressive in Cleveland and he is still young. There are a few reasons I could think of to not like playing in Sacramento.

http://profile.typepad.com/mdsample greenbeand

jo < trash ┌∩┐

henry.schwan@comcast.net

If possible, sign Hickson for rest of the season. A low risk move. If he works out, great. If not, he walks at end of season. He’ll walk even if he contributes. Nothing better out there in terms of a big whose contract is/will be bought out.

sev

not necessarily because he’s not good, but because they are already stacked with young players. Sac is also trying to save money and because they know they have NO chance, why keep a player that is not in their future plans and doesn’t get much playing time anyways due to all the other young talented bigs they have. Buying out players does not equate to them being garbage. Every team has a reason, just look at the rumors of NO and Kaman.

sev

take him and ronny if you can’t get kaman but you have to act on one of them now to assure that we at least get some help

Kricky

Some interesting bigs out there now: Hickson, Turriaff and C. Johnson. Shoudl take a flyer on at least two of these guys now that JO and Cox are out for the season.

Kricky

Kaman has skills, but he’s slow as all hell. I’d rather get a big that can run with Rondo like Wilcox did on occasion. C Johnson or Hickson would be worth a try.